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Wednesday, October 22
NaNoWriMo Is For Everyone, Even Rebels!
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NaNoWriMo is almost upon us! What is NaNoWriMo? NaNoWriMo (or NaNo for short) is a terrific way to help kickstart a creative ...
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Monday, October 20
On Breaking The Rules of Writing: It’s All On The Table
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I’m a rebel at heart. I like it when writers break so-called rules and still produce a stunning piece of writing. The Rule: Never...
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Saturday, October 18
How To Give Your Character Meaningful Flaws
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Let’s talk about blind spots. We’re often told that protagonists need to be likable but it’s just as important that they have flaws...
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Wednesday, October 15
What’s The Difference Between Mysteries And Thrillers?
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In previous posts I’ve talked about the difference between mysteries and thrillers . In a mystery an event happens toward the beginni...
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Monday, October 13
Protagonist Checklist
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My mother cleaned our house from top to bottom every year; she cleaned out every drawer, every cupboard, every closet. That’s prac...
Saturday, October 11
The Key To Making A Character Multidimensional: Pairs of Opposites
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I’m not going to recap the content of my previous two posts (it would take too long), but if you’d like to give them a quick look here a...
Thursday, October 9
Story World As Crucible
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Yesterday we talked about the essence of drama and the key to developing character; namely, developing a story world which will test t...
Tuesday, October 7
Mind Worms And The Essence of Drama
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Have you ever watched the movie, The Game ? Michael Douglas plays a person with every material advantage who is, nevertheless, precari...
Friday, October 3
Story Composition: Variety Within Unity
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I’m slowly worming (bookworming!) my way through Robert McKee’s epic book on life and writing, “Story,” and have come to what I think ...
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Wednesday, October 1
The Freeze-Dried Fiction Contest with Margaret Atwood
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I’m back! My vacation was fabulous, but it’s equally fabulous to be back in my writers cave surrounded by my books and cats and dust ...
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